A Nice Email from a Friend

 [reproduced here with permission, of course]

Hi Mike:

So I am sitting here in my soon-to-be-blissfully-obsolete “01.20.09″ T-Shirt, having watched the live webcast of the Inauguration my employer screened in our lunchroom, and still not quite getting back into the normal work routine in the midst of the general excitement.

And at one point, I found myself reminded of reading a rant from you long ago, sharing your deep disillusionment after having put in time and effort, working in snow and rain, campaigning for Bill Clinton, only to have one of his first act in office be to sign DOMA into law.

The reason I was reminded of this was the following site:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/civil_rights/

Third bullet point under the “Support for the LGBT Community” heading: “Obama also believes we need to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.”

Also, fifth bullet point: “Repeal Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell”.

Heck, there *is* a “Support for the LGBT Community” heading on whitehouse.gov.

Just thought this may bring a smile to your workaday… it definitely made me go all misty for a moment. Again.

Nurith